I seen a t-bucket that had been put on a chevy luv frame...looked good...all he did was mount the bucket straigh on the frame. You might think about something like that...LUV's around here are nearly given away...I guess any small truck like that would work. Just use your imagination. If it were me though, on my first project I'd pick something cheap and easy...5.0 thunderbird or cougar....any 70's model chevy... the list can go on forever.